Website visitor Doug H. wrote to ask that I check for
information on a couple people in particular who participated in the Radio Control portion of the
1972 and 1971 AMA Nationals competitions. Rather than just do that, I went ahead and scanned and
posted the entire articles so that all the available information could be seen. I figured there may
well be others who would like to have that information available. The November issues of
American Aircraft Modeler were typically where NATs coverage was first reported
(the 1972 R/C
NATs info can be found here). Nowadays, when the NATs are held in the late July to early August
timeframe, it is not unusual to begin seeing coverage by the September issue of Model Aviation. The
lead times to press are much shorter now thanks to computerization and modern printing methods. Lag
time of more than a couple months is due primarily to authors not getting their copy to the editors
early enough.

Grand National Championship Trophy received by Bucky Servaites from Miss Model Aviation
Laurie Frick, and the Chief of Naval Air Reserve Training, Admiral Greer. This was the third such victory
fro Servaites, a remarkable achievement. Miss Frick is from Glenview, Illinois.